| Frances Porter | |
| Birth Name: | Frances Ann Fyfe |
| Birth Date: | 2 May 1925 |
| Birth Place: | Hāwera, New Zealand |
| Death Place: | Wellington, New Zealand |
| Occupation: | Historian |
| Alma Mater: | Victoria University College |
| Children: | 2 |
Frances Ann Porter (née Fyfe; 2 May 1925 – 3 April 2022)[1] was a New Zealand writer and historian. She edited The Turanga Journals, which contained the letters and journals of William and Jane Williams, and wrote a biography of Maria Atkinson.[2] In 1993, she was awarded an honorary Doctor of Literature degree by Victoria University of Wellington.[3]